Image 5 of 20|Ralph Nader: 20 billionaires who could run for President in 2016

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5. Barry Diller – media, cable business, believes in the public airwaves as a public trust.

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5. Barry Diller – media, cable business, believes in the public airwaves as a public trust.

5. Barry Diller – media, cable business, believes in the public...airwaves as a public trust.

Image 6 of 20|Ralph Nader: 20 billionaires who could run for President in 2016

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6. John Arnold – former energy trader, now promoting the Giving Library connecting philanthropists with nonprofits, among many other projects.

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6. John Arnold – former energy trader, now promoting the Giving Library connecting philanthropists with nonprofits, among many other projects.

6. John Arnold – former energy trader, now promoting the Giving...Library connecting philanthropists with nonprofits, among many other...projects.

Image 7 of 20|Ralph Nader: 20 billionaires who could run for President in 2016

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7. Ted Turner – cable television business, philanthropy includes $1 billion to the United Nations and other major donations to environmental, peace and population control programs that he advocates.

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7. Ted Turner – cable television business, philanthropy includes $1 billion to the United Nations and other major donations to environmental, peace and population control programs that he advocates.

7. Ted Turner – cable television business, philanthropy includes $1...billion to the United Nations and other major donations to...environmental, peace and population control programs that he...advocates.

Image 8 of 20|Ralph Nader: 20 billionaires who could run for President in 2016

Consumer advocate and former presidential candidate Ralph Nader wants to shake up 2016 presidential politics — and is suggesting the names of 20 billionaires, including a crowd from Silicon Valley, who he says can make the White House run and “break up the two party duopoly.”

Hedge fund manager Tom Steyer, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg and tech guru Mark Andreessen are all part of the list Nader has sent out in an email today, along with a warning how the 2016 presidential race is already shaping up with Republicans and Democrats in charge.

“The tightening two-party duopoly has been moving relentlessly in the direction of common funding of candidates by the same privileged interests,” he writes.

Increasingly, he says, third party candidates are being shut out by “costly ballot access hurdles,” being barred from debates and outright gerrymandering by the two major parties.

Steve Case (center) is one of 20 billionaires that Ralph Nader thinks can run for President and “break up two party duopoly.” (AP / Charles Dharapak)

Worse, he says, “there is no “none of the above option” on the ballot to allow for a no-confidence vote. Voters are told either to cast a yes vote or stay home.”

But Nader says there may be hope — a crowd of billionaires and mega-billionaires who have shown their interests to be independent in many cases from the major two-party agenda.

He presents the following list, with many names from Silicon Valley, “in no specific order”:

1. Thomas Steyer – former Hedge Fund entrepreneur, and a determined, environmental advocate especially on climate change.
2. Ray Dalio – heads the country’s largest hedge fund and is an engaged philanthropist.
3. Oprah Winfrey – founder of the Oprah Winfrey Show, advocate, actress and philanthropist.
4. Jerome Kohlberg – co-founder of KKR – large leveraged buyout firm, contributes to education and has funded campaign finance reform.
5. Barry Diller – media, cable business, believes in the public airwaves as a public trust.
6. John Arnold – former energy trader, now promoting the Giving Library connecting philanthropists with nonprofits, among many other projects.
7. Ted Turner – cable television business, philanthropy includes $1 billion to the United Nations and other major donations to environmental, peace and population control programs that he advocates.
8. Thomas Siebel – software company creator, heads several companies in software, real estate and agriculture, and creator of the annual educational Siebel Scholars program.
9. Chase Coleman – successful money manager and creates venture capital firms.
10. Marc Andreessen – supports Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and advances all-investing-partner philanthropic commitments.
11. David Rubenstein – former, energetic White House assistant to President Carter and co-founder of a successful venture capital firm – the Carlyle Group – expanding philanthropist and convener.
12. Steve Case – former CEO and chairman of AOL and exuberant philanthropist for innovative projects.
13. Sheryl Sandberg – COO of Facebook, author of Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead and a co-founder of the Lean In Foundation which supports women in reaching their career goals.
14. Bill Gross – leading bond mutual fund manager, supports, among other organizations, Doctors Without Borders.
15. William Conway – co-founder of Carlyle Group – whose priority philanthropic mission is to generate job producing activities.
16. Stanley Druckenmiller – investment firm manager, now giving to medical research, education and the fight against poverty.
17. Abigail Johnson – President of Fidelity Investments, trustee of the Fidelity Foundation which has provided over $200 million to nonprofits in the United States and Canada.
18. Tom Golisano – former independent candidate for Governor of New York, founder and Chairman of the Board of Paychex.
19. Bill Gates, III – co-founder of Microsoft, now more of a philanthropist with emphasis on prevention of infectious diseases and education.
20. George Kaiser – chairman of BOK Financial Corporation, and advocate for renewable energy and tax reform.